Would we bring in a Manager from further up the pecking order? Managers in League 1 or above are unlikely to want to come especially if the DoF is likely to micromanage them as well as select their squad for them.

League 2 Managers ie John Askey might have taken a punt however most have little experience of working with budgets that are bigger than their direct competitors.

I thought Paul Cook or Danny Cowley might have been a good fit but would taking over from a long experienced Manager and being answerable to Simon Wilson be appealing.

There's lots of suggestions that Simon Rusk is Wilson's man. No proof just circumstantial stuff.

We need to face it. If Mark Stott walks we fold and if he god rid of Simon Wilson tomorrow he would appoint another DoF. Is that the structure you can see Jim working with?